French Government Lobbied to Ban Free Software

[Rui Miguel Silva Seabra]

On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 15:06 +0100, Simo Sorce wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 09:58 +0000, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-12-02 at 08:13 +0000, Sam Liddicott wrote:
> > > Well I propose that software includes calls to validation scripts to
> > > implement such measures, and that such scripts be specifiable by
> > > environment variables in order to upgrade such scripts to provide the
> > > er.. latest enforcement that is avilable.
> > > 
> > > That would meet the requirements of the law? Which seemed to suggest
> > > that ir was lack of control that was objectionable.
> > 
> > Can you modify the variable to use a script that always returns true?
> > Yes.
> > 
> > Then that strategy is likely illegal under that law.
> 
> You can do the same with proprietary, closed source, software.
> Have you ever heard of disassemblers and binary patches ?

I know that, you know that, and anyone with two fingers of forehead
knows that.

But some don't have the foggiest idea and think that that is OK.

RUi
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